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A Quiet Crisis in Grandparent Caregiving and Depression

At 6:30 a.m., before most of her neighbors are awake, Mrs. Lin is packing lunches, checking homework folders, and nudging her 8-year-old grandson to tie his shoes. She is 67, living with arthritis, and often exhausted, but she is the only consistent caregiver he has. By the time he finally boards the school bus, she […]

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Global

Organ Trafficking: The Global Crisis Hiding in Plain Sight

Organ transplantation is one of the greatest achievements in modern medicine. For patients with end-stage kidney, liver, or heart disease, a transplant can mean decades of extended life. But for too many people around the world, the promise of transplantation is tied to a shadow system built on exploitation, coercion, and human suffering. Organ trafficking […]

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Global

A Conversation with Suleiman Yusuf

In this interview, I speak with Suleiman Yusuf, a Nigerian implementation science researcher and WHO/TDR Fellow whose work sits at the intersection of evidence, equity, and real-world health systems change. Trained in epidemiology with a specialization in implementation science at the University of the Witwatersrand, Suleiman’s research focuses on how evidence-based interventions, particularly for tuberculosis, […]

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Climate

When Cyclones Fade, the Mental Health Toll Grows

क्या आप जानते हैं कि दिस वीक इन पब्लिक हेल्थ अब हिंदी को भी सपोर्ट करता है? बस नीचे बाईं ओर दिए गए आइकन को टॉगल करें! In the days after a cyclone makes landfall, the focus is clear: restore power, rebuild roads, distribute food, reopen clinics. On India’s eastern and western coasts, these routines […]

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Communication

Beyond “Trust the Science”: How Public Health Must Relearn How to Engage Communities

Public health is facing a paradox. On the one hand, never before has scientific evidence played such a visible role in public life. During COVID-19, epidemiological models shaped national policy. Scientists became household names. Research moved at historic speed. On the other hand, trust fractured. Scientists were harassed. Communities disengaged. Evidence was reframed as ideology. […]

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Society

Can Sports Drive Racial Justice? What the Evidence Says

Note: This article is cross-posted from our sister site: This Week in Public Health. On a warm summer night in 2020, a local health department staffer scrolls through her phone after a long shift. The headlines aren’t about COVID case counts or vaccination clinics. They’re about athletes—kneeling, striking, refusing to play. In between emergency briefings […]

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Health tips

How to Make New Year’s Resolutions That Actually Work

Just after midnight on January 1, a woman in Stockholm opened her notes app and typed a simple line: “Take better care of my health.” Like millions of people around the world, she was fueled by the optimism of a fresh start. But she also wondered—as most of us do—Will this actually work? A recent […]

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Epi

The Hidden Rise of Human Bite Injuries in Ghana

It starts with a moment of conflict—a heated argument, a domestic dispute, a fight that escalates too quickly. At a small clinic in the Volta Region of Ghana, a young man arrives with a deep injury on his arm. He’s embarrassed and reluctant to explain what happened. The nurse knows the pattern: the wound isn’t […]

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Mental health

How Caregiver Loneliness Drives Depression…And What Helps

It’s 1:12 a.m. when Rosa finally sits down. Her teenage son—who has a rare developmental disability—has fallen asleep after hours of restlessness. The house is quiet, but Rosa’s mind isn’t. She hasn’t spoken to another adult all day. Her phone buzzes with unread messages from friends she hasn’t had time to meet in months. Rosa’s […]

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Funding

The Best Health Equity Funders

Yes, it continues to be rough out there to find the funding needed to make a difference. Using the most recent data we could find (compiled on our sister site, Findgrant.ai we tracked 364 unique organizations receiving over 500 grants totaling $382.6 million, with an average grant size of approximately $765,000. These investments reflect a deepening commitment […]

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